Public Health

We provide assistance to residents who have concerns about:

• Disrepair or lack of amenities in certain private rented accommodation (not houses in multiple occupation (see ’Contact this Service’ box on the right for HMO Team details)
• Noise from domestic premises
• Nuisance caused by security and other types of lights at domestic premises
• Smoke nuisance from, for example, bonfires
• Blocked and broken sewers and drains
• Safe disposal of asbestos from the home
• Filthy and verminous houses
• Stray dogs and dog fouling
• Pests such as rats, mice, cockroaches
  

The links below take you to pages on these topics which contain factsheets and other information that should help to answer your queries, or tell you where you can get further help and advice.

In most cases we will try to act as mediators/advisors to deal with matters informally. However, we will consider enforcement when these informal actions have been exhausted. See ’Related Information’ box for link to our Enforcement Policy.

If you have concerns about commercial premises our Environmental Protection Team may be able to help (see ’Contact this Service’ box on the right of this page)